there is not very much footage
of william howard taft.
colorally, the first
footage we have of a president
is from william howard taft.
so, we have that in our
collection.
there were a lot of experiments
taking place in color motion
picture photography.
at the time.
and this was a very, taft was
captured in a very early color
process.
between the roosevelts, there is
a regrettably small number of
films.
it's striking that these two
roosevelts, both had sort of
same approach to the media.
by the time friends and
roosevelt takes office, radio is
part of everyday american life
and with his fireside chats, he
takes advantage of that.
he was a very visually savvy